Entrance - configure users

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marxinsoho · Post by **marxinsoho** » Mon Jun 13, 2005 5:47 pm

Does anyone know how to to configure user accounts in Entrance? The Entrance documentation isn't very helpful with this - it tells me user accounts will automatically be created after one logs in for the first time. This did not happen. Any help would be appreciated!

grzewho · Post by **grzewho** » Thu Jun 23, 2005 10:50 am

edit the config script in /usr/share/entrance, run it and place in /etc

erikedin · Post by **erikedin** » Wed Jul 20, 2005 10:35 am

After trying for quite some time I finally looked through the source code for entrance and discovered how to make those user lists. The automatic generation of this list did not work for me either.

As previously mentioned, this is to be configured in the config file. However, I never found a reference to the actual (correct) keys to add to the config file. The keys that need to be changed/created are:

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/entrance/user/count 2

if you want 2 users.
The keys

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/entrance/user/0/user "myusername"
/entrance/user/0/icon "myusername.edj"
/entrance/user/0/session "Enlightenment"
/entrance/user/1/user "secondusername"
/entrance/user/1/icon "secondusername.edj"
/entrance/user/1/session "Enlightenment"

specify in turn username, icon to be displayed in user list, and session to be used, respectively, for each user. The icon file myusername.edj should be located in

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/usr/share/entrance/users

and can be a .jpg file, and possibly .png file, too.

Anyway, here is the build_config.sh that I used to create the entrance config file. This should already be located in

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/usr/share/entrance

. Note that I have changed the database to point to

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/etc/entrance_config.db

so this will overwrite any config file you had previously. The part pertaining to the user list is located at the bottom.

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#!/bin/sh -e
DB="/etc/entrance_config.db"
rm -f $DB

# set auth to 1 for pam, 2 for shadow
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/auth int 1

# uncomment the below to enable experimental OpenGL hardware acceleration
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/engine int 1
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/xinerama/screens/w int 1
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/xinerama/screens/h int 1
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/xinerama/on/w int 1
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/xinerama/on/h int 1
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/theme str "taillights.edj"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/date_format str "%A %B %e, %Y"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/time_format str "%l:%M:%S %p"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/fonts/count int 2
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/fonts/0/str str "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/fonts/1/str str "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Truetype/"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/greeting/before str "Welcome to "
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/greeting/after str ""
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/count int 8
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/0/session str "default"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/0/title str "Default"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/0/icon str "default.png"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/1/icon str "enlightenment.png"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/1/title str "Enlightenment"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/1/session str "Enlightenment"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/2/session str "kde"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/2/title str "KDE"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/2/icon str "kde.png"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/3/session str "gnome"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/3/title str "Gnome"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/3/icon str "gnome.png"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/4/session str "blackbox"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/4/title str "Blackbox"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/4/icon str "blackbox.png"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/5/session str "sawfish"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/5/title str "Sawfish"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/5/icon str "default.png"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/6/session str "xfce"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/6/title str "XFce"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/6/icon str "xfce.png"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/7/session str "failsafe"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/7/title str "Failsafe"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/7/icon str "failsafe.png"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/system/reboot int 1
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/system/halt int 1
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/remember int 1
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/remember_n int 5
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/autologin/mode int 0
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/autologin/user str "atmos"

edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/count int 2
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/0/user str "erik"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/0/icon str "erik.jpg"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/0/session str "Enlightenment"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/1/user str "someoneelse"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/1/icon str "default.edj"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/1/session str "Enlightenment"

JoeG · Post by **JoeG** » Wed Jul 27, 2005 12:37 am

I'm having a bit of a problem getting entrance to start e17. Gnome and enlightenment (e16) work just fine. I'm probably doing something wrong. I edited /usr/share/entrance/build_config.sh to my liking, ran it, and copied the resulting entrance_config.db to /etc. I modified my /etc/rc.conf to use entrance as the login manager. Then I restarted xdm. Entrance works beautifully. Problem is, if I select E17 as my session and log in, the screen blanks out and xdm just restarts. E17 works fine from a GDM login. Can anyone grep through my build and tell me if anything jumps out at you?

/etc/rc.conf (snipped to show only the relevant stuff)

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# What display manager do you use ?  [ xdm | gdm | kdm | entrance ]
#DISPLAYMANAGER=gdm
DISPLAYMANAGER=entrance

# XSESSION is a new variable to control what window manager to start
# default with X if run with xdm, startx or xinit.  The default behavior
# is to look in /etc/X11/Sessions/ and run the script in matching the
# value that XSESSION is set to.  The support scripts is smart enouth to
# look in all bin directories if it cant find a match in /etc/X11/Sessions/,
# so setting it to "enligtenment" can also work.  This is basically used
# as a way for the system admin to configure a default system wide WM,
# allthough it will work if the user export XSESSION in his .bash_profile, etc.
#
# NOTE:  1) this behaviour is overridden when a ~/.xinitrc exists, and startx
#           is called.
#        2) even if a ~/.xsession exist, if XSESSION can be resolved, it will
#           be executed rather than ~/.xsession, else KDM breaks ...
#
# Defaults depending on what you install currently include:
#
# Gnome - will start gnome-session
# kde-<version> - will start startkde (ex: kde-3.0.2)
# Xsession - will start a terminal and a few other nice apps

#XSESSION="Gnome"
XSESSION="e17"

/usr/share/entrance/build_config.sh

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#!/bin/sh -e
DB="./entrance_config.db"
rm -f $DB

# set auth to 1 for pam, 2 for shadow
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/auth int 2

# uncomment the below to enable experimental OpenGL hardware acceleration
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/engine int 1
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/xinerama/screens/w int 1
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/xinerama/screens/h int 1
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/xinerama/on/w int 1
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/xinerama/on/h int 1
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/theme str "darkrock.edj"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/date_format str "%A %B %e, %Y"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/time_format str "%l:%M:%S %p"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/fonts/count int 2
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/fonts/0/str str "/usr/share/fonts/truetype/"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/fonts/1/str str "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Truetype/"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/greeting/before str "Welcome to "
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/greeting/after str ""
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/count int 8
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/0/session str "default"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/0/title str "Default"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/0/icon str "default.png"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/1/icon str "enlightenment.png"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/1/title str "Enlightenment"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/1/session str "Enlightenment"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/2/session str "/usr/bin/enlightenment-0.17"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/2/title str "DR17"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/2/icon str "enlightenment.png"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/3/session str "gnome"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/3/title str "Gnome"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/3/icon str "gnome.png"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/4/session str "fluxbox"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/4/title str "fluxbox"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/4/icon str "blackbox.png"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/5/session str "sawfish"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/5/title str "Sawfish"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/5/icon str "default.png"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/6/session str "xfce"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/6/title str "XFce"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/6/icon str "xfce.png"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/7/session str "failsafe"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/7/title str "Failsafe"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/session/7/icon str "failsafe.png"
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/system/reboot int 1
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/system/halt int 1
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/remember int 1
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/remember_n int 5
edb_ed $DB add /entrance/autologin/mode int 0
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/autologin/user str "atmos"

#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/count int 2
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/0/user str "jgreen"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/0/icon str "robbie.png"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/0/session str "e17"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/1/user str "root"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/1/icon str "default.edj"
#edb_ed $DB add /entrance/user/1/session str "Enlightenment"

any and all help definitely appreciated.

JoeG

[UPDATE] I've found that if I plug in my username and password and then select my E17 session, it works. Go figure.

mikegpitt · Post by **mikegpitt** » Thu Jul 28, 2005 2:13 am

Did you ever get the username working in entrance? I'm having problems getting a username with icon to appear.

I am trying entrance with the Nebulous theme, since it appears to have a window in it where it is suppose to display users.

I added the keys as shown above, and checked with edb_gtk_ed to make sure they were added, but no luck. I also tried to delete the keys, and try the login method (logging into entrance once). This added the keys, but it still doesn't show any icon.

Can someone give me some help?

EDIT: I seemed to get the user list working with the taillights theme. No idea why it works here...

pavkb · Post by **pavkb** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 4:18 pm

JoeG wrote:E17 works fine from a GDM login.

Can you please tell me how did you get E17 work with GDM. I have been looking for documentation on this ever since i was abel to build E17.
thanks

JoeG · Post by **JoeG** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 10:11 pm

pavkb wrote:Can you please tell me how did you get E17 work with GDM. I have been looking for documentation on this ever since i was abel to build E17.
thanks

No prob, pavkb. It's a snap! Happy Gentoo'ing!

JoeG

pavkb · Post by **pavkb** » Thu Aug 04, 2005 11:50 pm

thanks. will do that.
nice icon (avatar) by the way.

pavkb · Post by **pavkb** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:01 am

i see the following in /usr/share/xsessions/

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ls -l /usr/share/xsessions/
total 16
-rw-r--r--  1 root root  181 Jul 19 22:52 enlightenment.desktop
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 4777 Jun 15 17:52 gnome.desktop
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 1607 Jul 14 07:29 xfce.desktop

So i look into enlightenment.desktop there & see the following

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[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Enlightenment
Comment=Log in using Enlightenment (Version 0.16.999.011)
Type=XSession
Exec=/usr/bin/enlightenment
TryExec=/usr/bin/enlightenment

because of emerge of e17 the /usr/bin/enlightenment was removed.
so i do this

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ls -l /usr/bin/enlightenment
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root 27 Jul 19 23:39 /usr/bin/enlightenment -> /usr/bin/enlightenment-0.17

restart my xdm, X complains that it cannot find the executable named enlightenment when i pick it in gdm.

now i am planning to add a new .desktop entry for e17 there to see what happens.

thanks

pavkb · Post by **pavkb** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:03 am

while i was re-reading my own post i noticed that the /usr/share/xsessions/enlightenment.desktop doesn't have the executable bit set as it is set for the other .desktop files there.
would this be a problem.
before i emerged e17 my 16 was working though.

JoeG · Post by **JoeG** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 12:55 am

pavkb wrote:nice icon (avatar) by the way.

Thanks. I was messing around in gimp and that's what I came up with.

pavkb wrote:while i was re-reading my own post i noticed that the /usr/share/xsessions/enlightenment.desktop doesn't have the executable bit set as it is set for the other .desktop files there.
would this be a problem.

Shouldn't be. My permissions for /etc/X11/Sessions/e17 are 644 and it works while the others are 755. I'd just follow my last post and make sure that it's in /etc/X11/Sessions.

pavkb · Post by **pavkb** » Fri Aug 05, 2005 7:52 pm

Well, i add a new enlightenment entry & it works.

thanks a lot.
not sure if this a proper thread to ask few enlightenment related questions.
in e16 i used to see that the menu used to move along with the mouse if they are going off the screen.
but it doesn't do that with e17.

JoeG · Post by **JoeG** » Sat Aug 06, 2005 1:20 pm

pavkb wrote: in e16 i used to see that the menu used to move along with the mouse if they are going off the screen.
but it doesn't do that with e17.

Sure it does. Just direct your mouse toward the part of the menu that's cut off and the entire menu tree should scoot back toward the center of the screen. Glad to see that e17 is working for you. This is really cool software.